Review: In a Book Club Far Away

In a Book Club Far Away by Tif Marcelo
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This is a difficult book to rate and review.

The gist of the story was a bit on the annoying side. It was about three female friends who live revolved around their husbands and the military. It was also about the ten years that had lapsed after one of the friends lied. All of a sudden, the three friends, who have mostly been estranged, need to get back together to help one with health issues. The reunion is difficult with two of the friends not speaking to each other. Yes, there is a surprise ending. Unfortunately, I did not find this part of the book to be sufficiently compelling and, toward the end, started skimming some of these parts.

What this book does have going for it is letting us, civilians, learn what it is like to be a military wife, the hardships they have to deal with, and what it really means to be a military wife. For this alone, I will recommend this book highly to the women I know who are in this situation.


*ARC supplied by the publisher, author, and Edelweiss/ATTL.

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SYNOPSIS: "From the author of Once Upon a Sunset and The Key to Happily Ever After comes a heartwarming and moving novel following three Army wives—estranged friends—who must overcome their differences when one of them is desperate for help.

Regina Castro, Adelaide Wilson-Chang, and Sophie Walden used to be best friends. As Army wives at Fort East, they bonded during their book club and soon became inseparable. But when an unimaginable betrayal happened amongst the group, the friendship abruptly ended, and they haven’t spoken since.

That’s why, eight years later, Regina and Sophie are shocked when they get a call for help from Adelaide. Adelaide’s husband is stationed abroad, and without any friends or family near her new home of Alexandria, Virginia, she has no one to help take care of her young daughter when she has to undergo emergency surgery. For the sake of an innocent child, Regina and Sophie reluctantly put their differences aside to help an old friend.

As the three women reunite, they must overcome past hurts and see if there’s any future for their friendship. Featuring Tif Marcelo’s signature “enchanting prose” (Amy E. Reichert, author of The Coincidence of Coconut Cake) and the books that brought them together in the first place, In a Book Club Far Away honors the immense power of female friendship and how love can defy time, distance, and all old wounds."